Archive for March, 2008
Project Cicero Book Drive Held at Stuy
Project Cicero held a book drive at Stuyvesant on Monday, March 3 to Thursday, March 6. Project Cicero is a non-profit organization that donates used books to under-resourced New York City public schools, homeless shelters, community centers and juvenile detention facilities. Students involved in the project placed boxes by the second floor entrance to collect [...]
Higher English Regents Scores
This January, 87.1 percent of the juniors received a grade of 90 or higher on the English Regents. This is significantly better than Stuyvesant juniors’ scores in past years, and is progress towards Principal Stanley Teitel’s 90/90 Regents Exam goal for the school. Teitel’s 90/90 Regents Exam goal aims for 90 percent of students who [...]
Three Stuyvesant Students Qualify for Vocabulary Championship
Three Stuyvesant students—sophomore Seferina Berch, senior Snigdha Sur and senior Eric Zyman-Carrasco—participated in the National Vocabulary Championship (NVC) Finals on Monday, March 10 in Los Angeles, California. Over 100,000 high school students across America competed to fill one of the 50 spots in the championship rounds. To qualify for the final round, students had to [...]
The Quadrennial Question
In a 1980 debate, presidential candidate Ronald Reagan asked President Jimmy Carter , “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Today, I pose this same question to Principal Stanley Teitel: Is this school better off than it was four years ago? A quick recap of the last four years: an SU-College Office [...]
Junior Ramblings: Confessions of a SING! Outcast
Despite seeing reviews in the newspaper, smelling the painted stage sets, hearing the bands practicing, feeling the step crews’ vibrations, and having felt the presence of SING! in every possible way, I have neither participated in nor watched SING! during my three years at Stuy. After hearing “Oh no, you didn’t?” many times and having [...]
Saving Time
After forcefully taking power in 1922, fascist leader Benito Mussolini famously declared that he would make Italy’s trains run on time. It was mostly for show–the trains arrived late as ever. At the start of the 2007 fall semester, Principal Stanley Teitel declared that he would make the school’s clocks run on time. Stuyvesant has [...]
Notes from an Underclassman: Long Ride in a Slow Machine
From Queens’ hinterlands, it’s hard to reach Stuyvesant by eight. My mornings mirror the “Saved by the Bell” theme song: “I’m at the corner just in time to see the bus fly by.” I was running late when my bus reached the train station. At the top of the stairs, I cringed as I heard [...]
A Student’s Recommendation
Dear Teachers, As my four years at Stuyvesant come to a close and college letters flow in, I want to take a quick glance at my thank you speech. G-d, check. Family, check. Friends, check. Lucky four leaf clover, check. Finally, I want to thank all my teachers. Check. Stuyvesant is often revered for its [...]
Notes from an Underclassman: The Television Effect
The past few months seemed to be full of dread. Every morning I checked AM New York for new developments but the future was still uncertain. No, not because of the elections. It was due to something far more personal and important—the Writers Guild of America strike. Luckily, as of February 26, the strike is [...]
The Same Heart, A New Pulse
You’ve read our articles, you’ve seen our photos and you’ve picked up the product of our hard work every other week. You knew us as staff members, but allow us to reintroduce ourselves. We are the 2008-2009 editorial board. As the new editorial board, we would like to reaffirm our goal of informing the student [...]
